Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS
Medical diagnostics and sensors
Medical diagnostics and sensors
OCD – rapid and reliable diagnosis of prostate tissue
SteriHealth – sterilization proof of medical products
Second prototype of the diagnostic system for optical cancer diagnosis.
OCD – rapid and reliable diagnosis of prostate tissue
OCD is the acronym for Optical Cancer Diagnostics. With the help of an optical analysis device developed at Fraunhofer IKTS, physicians are able to reliably decide within one and a half minute whether a carcinoma exists.
Analyses are based on the auto-fluorescence of human tissue. A dosed laser pulse excites fluorescent molecules in the tissue, so that these emit light on their part. The decay of fluorescent radiation differs for healthy and malignantly altered tissue. This device analyzes automatically the behavior of fluorescence decay and classifies the obtained sample.
After two successful clinical studies, the optical diagnostic device is currently running through a third study.
For more information on OCD, please contact:
Andreas Lehmann
Department: Bio- and Nanotechnology
Functional tape, excited with near-infrared radiation.
SteriHealth – sterilization proof of medical products
A novel optical control system facilitates the indirect validation of electron beam sterilization.
With SteriHealth, Fraunhofer IKTS offers a reliable control tool for the sterilization of product or packaging surfaces. In contrast to conventional sterilization monitoring techniques (e.g. film dosemeters), no subsequent evaluation is required and the results can be obtained immediately after sterilization. Hence, successful sterilization as well as further process information can be traced prospectively along the whole supply chain.
This spatially resoluted control regarding the quality of the irradiation also allows for a specific post sterilization of food or medical products.
For more information on SteriHealth sterilization proof, please contact:
Prof. Thomas Härtling
Department: Testing of Electronics and Optical Methods, Group: Optical Test Methods and Nanosensors